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WEBThe High Cost Of Minimum Parking Requirements. Donald Shoup has famously argued that minimum parking requirements cause congestion, air pollution, sprawl, poor urban design, and auto-dependence, among other consequences. Now Shoup teaches the central tenet of parking reform for Planetizen Courses. View Course.
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WEBFuture Uncertain for Housing Program Tied to Farm Bill. A provision that allows the federal government to lease some of its lands for affordable housing development could lapse if Congress fails to renew the Farm Bill. Stay up to date with Planetizen's daily roundup of the latest urban planning news from around the world, including urban design ...
Urban Planning Jobs Board - Planetizen
WEBProgram Manager - Unclassified (Transportation Systems Management & Operations Manager) Pima County Transportation. August 5 - Tucson, AZ. Find urban planning jobs and browse open positions in the fields of urban design, architecture, landscape architecture, development, engineering, and more.
The Top Schools For Urban Planners | Planetizen Features
WEBJun 22, 2023 · Planetizen publishes the top 25 master’s programs in planning in the Guide to Graduate Urban Planning Programs (Guide), currently in its 7th Edition.. Topping the Top 25 for the first time is the Master of Urban and Regional Planning program at the University of California, Los Angeles, followed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey; the ...
Red Cities, Blue Cities, and Crime | Planetizen Blogs
WEBMar 12, 2023 · Red cities: cities with Republican mayors. These cities include Jacksonville, Fort Worth, Fresno, Oklahoma City, Omaha, Tulsa, Colorado Springs, Miami and Bakersfield (Mesa, Aurora and Virginia Beach also have Republican mayors, but all three are really suburbs of an older city so I’m not sure it makes sense to include them).
What's a Stroad and Why Do Stroads Matter? - Planetizen
WEBOct 30, 2017 · According to Marohn, streets and roads are two different things, and stroads create a hybrid of both of them. Streets are a platform for building wealth, and " [o]n a street, we're attempting to grow the complex ecosystem that produces community wealth," writes Marohn. "In these environments, people (outside of their automobiles) are the ...
Top 20 Urban Planning Books (Of All Time) - Planetizen
WEBThe “Planetizen 20” features the all-time top 20 urban planning books that every planner should read. Planetizen's annual top urban planning books list features the top 10 urban published during each year. In addition to clicking through to buy the books listed below, be sure to check out the Planetizen Store for authoritative and informative books in urban planning, design, and development.
Top Websites for Urban Planning – 2021 | Planetizen Features
WEBOct 25, 2021 · Planetizen's 2021 Top Websites for Urban Planning list is unified by a common purpose of providing resources to empower professional planners as well as their essential partners in the public. Much of this year's list focuses less on the beautiful designs and practical technological improvements that have populated previous lists (although there's no shortage there) and instead focuses more on ...
Urban Villages: The Key to Sustainable Community Economic …
WEBJan 25, 2022 · Urban villages with diverse housing types allow this to occur. This suggests that a successful urban village requires 5,000 to 10,000 residents, or 2,000 to 4,000 homes, within a 250- to 350-acre walkshed. This typically requires an average of 15 to 40 residents, or 6 to 15 housing units per acre, a density level that does not require high-rise ...
The Top 100 Public Spaces in the U.S. and Canada - Planetizen
WEBOctober 27, 2011, 10:00 AM PDT. By Tim Halbur, George Haugh, Ethan Kent, Sarah Goodyear. Normal, Illinois. Not the sort of city you'd expect to find in the number 1 spot on a list of the Top 100 Public Spaces in the U.S. and Canada. But Mayor Chris Koos of Normal says that while beating New York's Central Park and Philadelphia 's Rittenhouse ...